Tag Archives: divorce

“How did that happen!?”Asked my sister And rather more pointedly “Why are you spending Christmas with her!” from my girlfriend. By the context and the gratuitous use of exclamation marks you may well have already surmised that the personal pronoun … Continue reading →

So here’s your child’s upbringing as brought to you by a standard divorce agreement: S/he go to school S/he on sport teams S/he go on a few trips S/he go to university Once completed university they are no longer childrenand … Continue reading →

After all the schisms, projectile crockery, navel gazing eventually you have to come to a contractual agreement. You have to break-up the partnership and put it all down on paper. You think you sign your life away to a mortgage? … Continue reading →

If there has been one great comfort in the trials of the past year, it’s confirming the fallacy that lies at the heart of classic psychology. Needless to say, I have neither the resources nor the professional wherewithal to carry out research, … Continue reading →

Barry Manilow references aside, and all my screaming spider senses that say don’t pat yourself on the back, don’t say anything, you’ll jinx it (hopefully cancelled out by by me saying to the kids as they marched off to their … Continue reading →

“Isn’t a bit early?” my sister ventured. “hell no.” We were talking about dating. But to be honest, notwithstanding what I said to my sister, dating holds little attraction for me. I wouldn’t mind skipping all of that and getting … Continue reading →

Dear Leaver’s Everywhere. Going through this whole thing — and acknowledging that this whole thing will never end — I’ll throw some dashes into the run on sentence that is life and string together a few observations on what are … Continue reading →